Reimburse FHA borrowers $25,700 for fees that were not customary or reasonable and $46,510 in discount fees that did not represent their intended purpose.
2015-LA-1009 | September 30, 2015
loanDepot’s FHA-Insured Loans With Downpayment Assistance Funds Did Not Always Meet HUD Requirements
Housing
- Status2015-LA-1009-001-EOpenClosed$72,210Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
2015-LA-1010 | September 30, 2015
loanDepot's FHA-Insured Loans With Golden State Finance Authority Downpayment Assistance Gifts Did Not Always Meet HUD Requirements
Housing
- Status2015-LA-1010-001-EOpenClosed$13,726Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Reimburse $13,726 to FHA borrowers for the fees that were not customary or reasonable.
2015-AT-0002 | August 21, 2015
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight Did Not Comply With Its Requirements For Monitoring Management Agents’ Costs
Housing
- Status2015-AT-0002-001-AOpenClosed
Comply with its Management Agent Handbook requirements that stipulate HUD must perform management reviews of the management agent’s central office activities as well as regular onsite reviews of functions carried out at the projects. These central office reviews should be performed at least once every 18 months.
2015-PH-0004 | August 21, 2015
HUD Policies Did Not Always Ensure That HECM Borrowers Complied With Residency Requirements
Housing
- Status2015-PH-0004-001-COpenClosed
Implement controls to prevent or reduce instances of borrowers violating HECM program residency requirements by concurrently participating in multifamily programs, including policies and procedures to at least annually coordinate with HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs to match borrower data in the Single Family Data Warehouse to member data in the Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System.
2015-KC-0002 | August 11, 2015
The Office of Community Planning and Development’s Reviews of Matching Contributions Were Ineffective and Its Application of Match Reductions Was Not Always Correct
Community Planning and Development
- Status2015-KC-0002-001-AOpenClosed
Issue guidance to help participating jurisdictions accurately report the amount of match contributed and consumed.
- Status2015-KC-0002-001-COpenClosed
Require the 10 jurisdictions that overstated their excess match balances to remove the overstated amounts from their reported HOME match carry-forward balances.
2015-CH-0001 | July 31, 2015
HUD Did Not Always Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Mortgage Insurance Program
Housing
- Status2015-CH-0001-001-AOpenClosed$792,837Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing require the lenders to support that the repairs to the properties associated with the 32 loans without evidence of permits complied with local code or reimburse HUD $792,837 for the escrow repair funds.
- Status2015-CH-0001-001-BOpenClosed$305,395Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing require the lenders to support that the repairs to the properties associated with the six loans were not structural repairs or indemnify HUD for the four active loans with a total estimated loss of $222,073 and reimburse HUD for the actual loss of $83,322 incurred on the sale of two properties associated with FHA case numbers 052-4308836 and 034-8239100.
- Status2015-CH-0001-001-COpenClosed$83,715Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing require the lenders to support that the borrower for FHA case number 451-1165810 was not reimbursed for the cost of labor or indemnify the loan with an estimated loss amount of $83,715, based on the loss severity rate of 50 percent of the unpaid principal balance of $167,429 as of January 29, 2015.
- Status2015-CH-0001-001-DOpenClosed$39,367Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Support that the repair conditions and comments indicated in the direct endorsement underwriter form, form HUD-54114, were satisfied for FHA case number 501-8198149. If the repair conditions and comments were not properly addressed, the lenders should indemnify the loan with an estimated loss amount of $39,367, based on the loss severity rate of 50 percent of the unpaid principal balance of $78,733 as of January 29, 2015.
- Status2015-CH-0001-002-COpenClosed
Determine the number of 203(k) loans impacted by the incorrect loan-to-value ratio for mortgage insurance premium calculations and when applicable, reimburse borrowers or apply the overpaid premiums as credits toward borrowers’ future premium payments.
2015-LA-1005 | July 09, 2015
NOVA Financial & Investment Corporation’s FHA-Insured Loans With Downpayment Assistance Gifts Did Not Always Meet HUD Requirements
Housing
- Status2015-LA-1005-001-EOpenClosed$383,212Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Reimburse FHA borrowers $376,102 for the unallowable, misrepresented discount fees and $7,110 for fees that were not customary or reasonable.
2015-LA-0002 | July 06, 2015
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2015-LA-0002-001-AOpenClosed$76,967,618Funds Put to Better Use
Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.
Develop and implement written policies and procedures with an emphasis on increased controls toward the monitoring, tracking, underwriting, and evaluating of the Section 184 program. Implementing these controls would reduce the current high level of risk in the program and result in potentially $76,967,618 in funds to be put to better use (see appendix A).
- Status2015-LA-0002-001-BOpenClosed
Develop and implement policies and procedures for a standardized monthly delinquency report format that lenders must follow when submitting information to OLG.
- Status2015-LA-0002-001-COpenClosed
Develop and implement policies and procedures to deny payments to direct guarantee lenders for claims on loans that have material underwriting deficiencies.
- Status2015-LA-0002-001-DOpenClosed
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that OLG uses enforcement actions available under 12 U.S.C. 1715z-3a(g) for lenders that do not underwrite loans according to the Section 184 processing guidelines.
- Status2015-LA-0002-001-HOpenClosed
Ensure that only underwriters that are approved by OLG are underwriting Section 184 loans.
- Status2015-LA-0002-001-IOpenClosed
Develop and implement written policies and procedures for situations in which the borrower for a Section 184 loan is an Indian housing authority, a tribally designated housing entity, or an Indian tribe.
- Status2015-LA-0002-001-JOpenClosed
Reconcile the total list of guaranteed Section 184 loans to the complete loan file storage list and identify and locate any missing loan files.
2015-AT-1004 | July 02, 2015
Virgin Islands Community AIDS Resource & Education, Inc., Did Not Administer Its Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Community Planning and Development
- Status2015-AT-1004-001-AOpenClosed$538,485Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Submit all supporting documentation showing the eligibility and propriety of $538,485 drawn from its treasury account or reimburse the HOPWA program line of credit from non-Federal funds.